Social Class

Occupy The Neolithic?

| Michael Balter on 28 May 2012, 3:00 PM | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Neolithic Age, Video, Stone Age, Neolithic, Hierarchies, 99%, Social Classes, Occupy, Social Class, Early Humans, Inequality, Science News

Even the most democratic societies are rife with social and economic inequalities, as the current tension between the poorer "99%" and the richest "1%...

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Cannibalizing the Campus

Paul Stoller | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Education, War on Women, Budget Cuts, College News, Mitt Romney, Tom Corbett, Social Inequality, Social Class, Tea Party, College News
Paul Stoller

Until recently, we all saw the college years as an important time for intellectual, social and cultural growth. Those days seem to be over. Colleges and universities have been profoundly politicized.

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Mitt Romney and the Wealth Answer

Mark Cassello | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Social Class, 2008 Primary, Rush Limbaugh, Financial Collapse, David Brooks, Mitt Romney, Wealth, Diane Sawyer, 2012 Primary, Barack Obama, Romney Relatability, Romney Wealth, Romney 2012, Video, Politics News
Mark Cassello

It is not Romney's wealth that makes him unable to relate. It is his incapacity to acknowledge the privileged position from which he began.

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In Defense of Hypocrisy

The Cornell Sun | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: American Consumerism, Consumerism, Financial Oppression, Oppression, White Guilt, College Activism, Social Class, Social Class Oppression, Social Activism, College News
The Cornell Sun

As a white activist, I get this a lot. What does a white liberal weekend revolutionary know about police brutality? What gives me the cultural authority to quote the poetry of Gil Scott-Heron? And who the hell do I think I am?

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Money Study Compares Compassion Of Rich, Poor

| Daisy Grewal | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: 1 Percent, Wealthy, The 1%, Empathy, Research, Money, Wealthiest People, Science, Rich, Compassion, Study, Poor People, Selfish, Richest People, Rich People, Video, Occupy Wall Street, Social Class, Wealthy People, Science News

Who is more likely to lie, cheat, and steal—the poor person or the rich one? It’s tempting to think that the wealthier you are, the more likely y...

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Survey Reveals Surprising Result On Class Consciousness

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Video, Class Warfare, Pew Survey, Income Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, Pew Research Center, Occupy, Social Class, Occupy Movement, Class Conflict, Pew Social Class, Politics News

Significantly more Americans see "very strong" or "strong" class conflict between the rich and poor, according to a survey released Wednesday by the P...

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Class Illusions

Paul Stoller | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Politics, Deficit, Myth, President Obama, Poverty, Class Warfare, Middle Class, Republicans, Social Class, Equal Opportunity, Politics News
Paul Stoller

Most Americans want to believe that they are middle class, and this notion, which goes along with the myths of American social equality and equal opportunity, makes us feel good. We don't like to discuss issues that threaten our social myths.

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The Social Snobbery of Free Trade

Ian Fletcher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ian Fletcher

It is high time people stopped forming their opinions about free trade based on what they think people will think of them at cocktail parties.

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The Sometimes Sordid History of the American Quest for Bliss in Marriage

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bella DePaulo

Instead of simply teaching people to have 'healthy' marriages, marriage counseling taught Americans to define marriage itself as a healthy state of being.

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The Trouble With Meritocracy

Mark Olmsted | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Meritocracy, Social Stratification, Capitalist Society, The Giving Life, Social Classes, American Meritocracy, Social Class, Social Inequity, Healthy Living News
Mark Olmsted

Here's the question society needs to ask itself: Do the "average" and "below average" have the same right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as the "above average" and "excellent?"

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Why The Elegance of the Hedgehog Is For Grownups

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Concierge, Possibility of Change, Gretchen Rubin, Book Clubs, Junebug, Paris, Happiness Movies, Embracing Change, Social Mobility, Change, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Female Friendship, Up in the Air, Personality Tests, Bittersweet Endings, Feelbad Feeling, Making a Bold Move, John Edwards, The Happiness Project, Social Class, Love, Two Americas, Muriel Barbery, Parenting, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Delia Lloyd

This is a small, intimate novel about an exceedingly well-educated concierge in a Paris apartment building and her relationships. Here are five reasons I think this book is essential reading for grown ups.

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Like Father, Like Son

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Britain, Social Class, Class, Income Inequality, Oecd, Healthy Living News
Philip N. Cohen

The tendency of sons to have similar earnings to their fathers' is stronger in the U.S., Great Britain, and Italy than in nine other rich countries.

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Every Little Bit Hurts -- Figuring Out Trashy Behavior

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greening Hollywood, Immigrants, Trash, Green Living, Social Class, Litter, Hollywood, Littering, Green News
Mark Olmsted

Some of the worst offenders were the middle-aged men who smoked mountains of Capri cigarettes; if I had $5 for every one I eventually picked up, I would now be living in a villa inCapri.

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